Corallorhiza

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Corallorhiza - genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions

genus Corallorhiza

liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers

coral root - a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor

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At the national level, there are four species listed as Critically Endangered (CR), according to the 2010 Red List of Spanish Vascular Flora: Corallorhiza trifida Chatel., Epipogium aphyllum Sw., O.

Conservation Status of the Family Orchidaceae in Spain Based on European, National, and Regional Catalogues of Protected Species

The orchid family has a few parasitic plants of its own in the form of the genus Corallorhiza, a group of species known as the coralroots, so named because their rhizomes or root masses are shaped like small clumps of coral.